openfec on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "openfec" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)

$ sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si

b. Install openfec on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S openfec

* (Optional) Uninstall openfec on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns openfec

2. Manually Install "openfec" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:

$ sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git

b. Clone openfec's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/openfec.git ~/openfec

c. Go to ~/openfec folder and install it

$ cd ~/openfec $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the openfec package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 717936
Name: openfec
PackageBaseID: 151205
PackageBase: openfec
Version: 1.4.2-2
Description: Open Forward Erasure Codes
URL: https://openfec.org
NumVotes: 2
Popularity: 0.079281
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: dexterlb
FirstSubmitted: 1586273623
LastModified: 1586276201
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/openfec.tar.gz

5. The same packages on other Linux Distributions